Manchester City Case: Wealth Power Impunity

Documents published by Der Spiegel in 2018 revealed Manchester City's approach to financial regulations, with club chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak preferring to spend millions on lawyers rather than accept fines from UEFA. somethingsdifferent.biz

City lawyer Simon Cliff claimed UEFA "doesn't respond to anything other than aggression" and threatened the governing body with "the destruction of their rules and organization" as UEFA pursued the club over alleged financial irregularities.